Intellectual Entertainments

Eight Dialogues on Mind, Consciousness and Thought

von P. M. S. Hacker

242 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Intellectual Entertainments' consists of eight philosophical dialogues, each with five participants, some living, some imaginary and some dead. The dialogues take place either in Elysium or in an imaginary Oxford Common Room. Each historical figure speaks in his own idiom with a distinctive turn of phrase. The imaginary figures speak in the accent and idiom of their respective countries (English, Scottish, American, Australian). The themes are the nature of the mind and the relation between mind and body; the nature of consciousness and its demystification; the nature of thought and its relation to speech; and the objectivity or subjectivity of perceptual qualities such as colour, sound, smell, taste and warmth. Each participant presents a different point of view and defends his position against the arguments of the others. No philosophical knowledge is presupposed.

• Reihe: Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie
• ISBN: 9781785271526
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2019
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press